The Colfax massacre, sometimes referred to as the Colfax riot, occurs in Colfax, Louisiana on Easter Sunday. The parish seat of Grant Parish. An estimated 62–153 Black men were murdered while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of the Ku Klux Klan. Three White men also died during the confrontation. More
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